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Today has been a good day.

After leaving work early due to a migraine yesterday, I had my doubts about the weekend. But I woke up bright and early this morning, ten minutes before a class I kind of wanted to go to started. Since I'm a quick dresser and the gym is two blocks, I decided to throw myself together and go. It was a kwando class, and tough, but good. I'm glad I went, but not sure I'll get up for 8:30 on Saturdays in the future.

I got home, and Mike and I got dressed and started to plan our day. Breakfast first, at a place called Bagels and Friends that was...underwhelming. The bagels were good, my eggs were undercooked, and my home fries were terrible. Rubbery, barely warm, bland, and undercooked. Mike said his were fine, which either means his were actually fine, or he has lower standards than I do. Probably the lower standards one.

After breakfast, we were off to the yarn store to buy yarn for a certain secret project. I bought yarn for that, some yarn to finish another project of mine, and two books. Naomi, I got the sock book you have, it's so great! I also got a book about knitting with handpainted yarn, that is super cool.

Next stop was the brew store, where we picked up all the tools and ingredients to get Mike started with brewing. We're both very excited, and we'll get started either tonight or tomorrow. Looking at all the ingredient kits was overwhelming, I'd like to brew one of each! There were coffee stouts, pumpkin ales, christmas spiced, hefeweisens, red, brown, every kind you could want! They had three samples running, and their brown was awesome.

After that, it was Lowes for seeds. We're going to be planting two kinds of tomatoes, cucumbers, basil, spinach, and green beans. Hopefully we're starting them early enough this year that we'll have more success with the tomatoes.

Now we're settling in back at home, Mike is reading his brewing literature, and I'm getting ready to do some knitting. What a nice Saturday! Oh, and I'm wearing a skirt because it's nice enough out, and I looked super cute today. When we stopped in at work for some coffee, two different people said how nice I looked. :) Yay!

Maybe Watchmen tonight.

Date: 2009-03-07 11:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crolevey.livejournal.com
Sounds like a wonderful day. I'm told Watchmen is worth seeing.

Date: 2009-03-08 03:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lanome.livejournal.com
Naomi, I got the sock book you have, it's so great!

Isn't it awesome? I love that they have all the heels and toes separately.

Date: 2009-03-08 02:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chrystie69.livejournal.com
I have a pressure keg here that is left over from Rooke's brewing days I have been trying to re-home it if Mike wants it he can have it.

Also when the shire finishes the brew we got in trade are empty would he want them?

Date: 2009-03-08 04:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theresat.livejournal.com
What's a pressure keg? (I don't know much about brewing)

What kind of bottles are they?

Thanks!

Oh, and we should try to find time to get together for coffee or something this week.

Date: 2009-03-09 03:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chrystie69.livejournal.com
It's like the type of kegs they use to use for soda under pressure, brewers use them sometimes to speed up the brewing process.

These are 16 - 20 oz bottles that were brewed as a gift for Quintavia, they will most likely be consumed at Sommer Draw so if he'd like to re-use them I'll be sure to get them to him.

And yes we should my cell is 978-618-9992...give me a buzz this week...I have an interview in Boston Friday but I'm free all the other weekends..

Date: 2009-03-10 12:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] l3arcelona.livejournal.com
Hey this is Mike! I would definitely appreciate the keg, it's something I wanted to get eventually. If (or rather when) I start brewing more often it would be nice to be able keg the beer as opposed to bottling it. I have a pretty good stockpile of bottles so I think I'm good there, thank you though. I'll be sure to get you some beer when we get up and rolling here!

Date: 2009-03-10 04:22 pm (UTC)

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